Tips and tricks to play content on your TV

If Google Home is having trouble with accuracy, try being more specific. For example, try saying the entire name of a program, the service (e.g., "...on YouTube TV"), or the name of your device, (e.g., "...on Chromecast").

When you start playing a TV show or movie using your voice, like "Ok Google. Watch This Is Us," all of your next control commands (pause, next, etc.) will control that TV. You won't need to specify the TV after the viewing session begins.

If you start playing a TV show or movie on TV by casting from your phone or tablet, you’ll need to first say "on [device name]" (e.g., "Pause the Warriors game on the living room TV"). After you specify the device the first time, you won’t need to say "on the living room TV" again.

When media is playing on Google Home at the same time as your remote device, all control commands will control Google Home, not your remote devices. To control your remote device, you have to always say, "Ok Google, [do X] on [device]."

If you stop playing content on Google Home by saying, "Ok Google, stop," and you want to start controlling the remote device that is currently playing, you must first say "on [device]" to the next command you make to this remote device. For example: "Ok Google, next video on TV."